in an attempt to catch metal in your oil before it has a chance to mess up your engine, since the standard oil filter only catches particles up to 30 microns, have any of ya'll tried the filter mag ?

i took a old hard drive apart the other day, there supposed to be the strongest mags on earth. and if you don't believe that try to take them apart after they stick together. my plan is to stick them on the oil pan, to try to catch any ferrous metals that are smaller then what the filter can't catch.

then i thought ok, with the mags on the oil pan, i can' put one on the main filter, so hopefully it gets caught before it gets to the bypass filters i plan on installing. that way it should catch all ferrous metals suspended in the oil.

sort of sounds like over kill too, Huh ! ! ! ! probably is, but it sounds good.... anyway attempt to keep the oil cleaner will make the egnine last longer.

 

Well, a magnet attached to the oil filter certainly won't _hurt_ anything. Try one of those round magnets that you find in automatic tranny oil pans. It'd fit perfectly around the curved bottom of the filter.

Another thought - if your filter is only catching stuff to 30 microns, you're using the wrong filter. Here's some filter info that I've used in the past:

Baldwin
B134 23 microns 4.25” x 5.875”
B7039 12 microns 4.25” x 7.375”

Fleetguard
LF3344 30 microns 4.25” x 5.75”
LF3630 30 microns 4.25” x 8.125”

Wix
51742 25 microns 4.25” x 6”
51734 19 microns 4.25” x 8"

Technical Service Hot Line:
Baldwin 800.822.5394
Fleetguard 800.223.4583
Purolator 910.426.4363 Richard; 910.426.4812 Rob
Wix 800.949.6698

The Wix 51734 is my filter of choice, I've always had great results. High quality construction, great filtering ability. Baldwin B7039 is my 2nd choice. Great quality and filtering, like the Wix, but a little more expensive.

 

I have heard of a product before that was like a magnetic belt for putting around your filter. It came in different sizes for different diameter filters. Have never seen or looked for the product.

 

the only problem i see with the mag on the oil pan is how are you going to clean it and get the stuff that it catches out?

 

A magnetic drain plug would be the only way I would install one in the oil pan, that way you could clean it every oil change.
You could also see what it was catching when you removed the plug.

A larger magnet mounted on the oil filter would catch particles there, you just would never know what if anything was being captured.

 

just remembered. another very common item, even from the factory on some cars, is a magnetic oil plug. has a magnet on the tip. clean off the particles each oil change. cheap and available form most parts stores.

 

thanks for the replies.... yep the magnetic drain plug would be easier than what i read on the Engine Oil Bible web site, he had mentioned about putting it in the oil pan, meaning you got to remove it clean it out and then install the magnet inside, which will require you at some point in time to remove the pan to clean it out, like maybe once a year or two.... the oil fliter magnets work by attracting the metal out of the oil that goes thru the filter, if you wanted to see what if got out of the oil you would have to cut it open. but i guess you could say that if you had ferrous metal in your oil, which most internal combustion engines do, it would catch it, so it can be removed. i think probably the by-pass filter set up will work as well and not mess with the magnets.

Most of the metal to metal contact is made in the engine when it is first started up, when the oil pressure is low, to none at all... so then on that train of thought the Pre-Luber would be a better deal, since you can build up oil pressure before you start the engine, and if you have a Turbo you could cool it after the engine is shut off.... keeping the oil from frying in the turbo bearings and housing.
well i guess that sums that up. the oil drain plug would be good. at least you can see what might be there, and clean it off without taking the pan off.

 

ya but pulling the pan on these trucks is a royal pain in the azz

 

speaking of filter microns wix makes a high efficiency virson of they 51734
its 51734XE 10 microns

and wix makes the best filters, just came back from a 3 day class of filtration tech.
at the wix plant in gastonia NC. saw 51734 roll off the line.